Revenue Cycle Strategist: July/August 2018 Issue

July 10, 2018 10:32 am

Subscribers to Revenue Cycle Strategist may access the individual articles below.

Chargemaster Management

How Chargemaster Maintenance Can Contribute to Price Transparency 

By Lisa A. Eramo

CMS has proposed requiring hospitals to publish their standard charges online. Once this data becomes public, finance departments must be able to explain it to consumers.

Credit Bureau Reporting

New Best Practices for Reporting Bad Debt

From our Sponsor, Parallon

By Don Wright

Credit reporting is becoming less effective as a result of new regulations and evolving hospital bad debt programs.

Coding

Offshore Coding Costs More in the Long Run

By Bill Wagner and Sarah Humbert

Eight practical strategies can move current staff into new coding roles.

Patient Financial Communications

Closing Patient Communication Gaps

By Matt Hawkins

While some patients struggle to pay their healthcare bills, it’s also true that plenty of bad debt is the result of disconnects in the billing process and confusion over what patients owe.

Figure at a Glance

Billing Processes Need Overhaul as Patient Payments Increase

The challenge of increasing patient financial responsibility is compounded by consumers’ confusion with billing documents. 

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